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Famous People Doing Good Things to Make Us Forget Their Screw-Ups

Last week, the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford (not to be confused with Jay Z's musical muse), admitted that he smoked crack cocaine. After months of rumors and reports about a video that showed the politician doing the drug, Ford owned up to the allegations. And then a couple of days later, he took some kids on a tour of his office. Nice try, Ford, but this one won't be an easy forget.

It was "Take Your Child To Work Day," so it's understandable that a mayor would bring children from the community to the office, but it's pretty convenient that Ford would pull out such a squeaky clean deed following his sordid scandal. But, really, who's that surprised at his scheme? Politicians and celebrities alike have a well-documented history of making nice following their very public screw-ups. In fact, most famous exist on a predictable timeline: mistake-public backlash-apology. Most times (shoutout to C.Breezy and Kanye West) those apologies fall on deaf ears. In case you have a short memory, here's a short history of famous people trying to make us forget their mistakes with public apologies, charitable acts, and, in some cases, good old-fashioned groveling.